Archive for September 2010

The traffic rank, of course, may go back down one day--there are many factors you can't completely control when you blog (search engine ranking, etc). But I'll enjoy this little victory in the meantime.

Lately my inbox has been overrun with spam. It is always a message from someone I know with "no subeject" in the subject line. The the email is a link to some wordpres.us website that actually redirects to a spammy site (advertising the usual spammy stuff like viagra, etc). The url of the bogus blog often has the person's name in it.

It seems someone out there has created a system that hacks email accounts and creates spammy blogs automatically. Probably some kind of malware or worm.

I'm not sure what precautions you should be taking other than keeping your anti-virus software updated.

It seems one of the most crowded niches in blogging is about . . . blogging. There are thousands of blogs about making money online, having a profitable blog, making money from home, etc.

What makes Beginner Blogger Tips so special? What makes this blog stand out from the "how to blog" crowd? Absolutely nothing! I'm serious: I just started this blog because I've given advice to my friends and I decided to share these tips with a larger audience. I also wanted a place to post articles that would help me remember how to do stuff with blogspot, etc. Beginner Blogger Tips hasn't made any real money for me or elevated me to super-blogger-guru status.

My point: I'm not trying to discourage you from starting your own blog about making money online (or a similar niche). All good niches are crowded, and you might just be the next Darren Rowse or Shoemoney. But you may want to consider using your blogging articles/stories to promote a completely unrelated niche. So far it has worked fairly well for me.